Leafing leather cover of cellular phone and smart phone using the same

ABSTRACT

A leafing leather cover of cellular phone and a smart phone using the same are described. The leafing leather cover of cellular phone includes a leather cover wherein the leather cover is connected to a rear shell body of the smart phone by way of a micro-buckling connection portion, a clasping portion is disposed on the micro-buckling connection portion, the clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole in the rear shell body, and the clasping portion is embedded to a clasping ring in the clasping hole. The present invention employs the leafing leather cover to be easily disassembled and to be conveniently cleaned.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority of International Application No.PCT/CN2013/074099, filed on Apr. 11, 2013, which claims priority toChinese Application No. 201310033414.X, filed on Jan. 29, 2013. Theentire disclosures of each of the above applications are incorporatedherein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a protection cover of smart phone case,and more particularly to a leafing leather cover of cellular phone to beeasily disassembled and to be conveniently cleaned in the smart phone.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

With the continuous development of mobile communication technology andthe rise of the smart phone, there is an increasing demand for a largedisplay size, a diminished thickness, and better protection of the smartphone. For example, a conventional leafing leather cover buckled to thefront side of the smart phone to protect the touch panel thereof isprovided.

However, the conventional leafing leather cover is directly welded onthe battery covering with plastic material by way of ultrasonic or hotmelt technique and the battery covering is then fastened to the smartphone case by way of a buckling element on the battery covering. Whileusing the smart phone, it is difficult to disassemble and assemble andto clean up the conventional leafing leather cover. Further, theconstant disassembling and assembling easily damages the bucklingelement of the battery covering, which results in improperly deforming,over-loosening or over-tightening the buckling element, and evenfracturing the buckling element.

Consequently, there is a need to develop a novel leafing leather coverto solve the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the aforementioned problems, one objective of the presentinvention is to provide a leafing leather cover of cellular phone to beeasily disassembled and to be conveniently cleaned.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a smart phoneemploying the leafing leather cover of cellular phone to be easilydisassembled and conveniently cleaned.

According to the above objectives, one embodiment of the presentinvention sets forth a leafing leather cover of cellular phonecomprising: a leather cover, for buckling to a touch panel of a smartphone; wherein the leather cover is connected to a rear shell body ofthe smart phone by way of a micro-buckling connection portion, aclasping portion is disposed on the micro-buckling connection portion,the clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole in the rear shell body,and the clasping portion is embedded to a clasping ring in the claspinghole; wherein a magnetic strip disposed in the leather cover isattracted to a magnet in a front shell body of the smart phone, and themagnetic strip is disposed in the other side opposite to a connectionside of the leather cover; and wherein a recess slot is disposed in anassembly surface of the micro-buckling connection portion and the recessslot is used to fasten a connection side of the leather cover, a side ofthe recess slot communicates with a lateral surface of themicro-buckling connection portion, and a bottom region of the claspingportion is integrally connected to a bottom surface of the recess slot.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, the magnetic stripis embedded to an internal portion of the leather cover.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a plurality ofstationary posts are further disposed on the bottom surface of therecess slot for fastening the leather cover, a first stationary hole aredisposed on the connection side of the leather cover to be passed by thestationary posts, a steel sheet is used to tightly press the connectionside of the leather cover in the recess slot of the micro-bucklingconnection portion, and a second stationary hole is disposed in thesteel sheet to be passed by the stationary posts.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, the connection sideof the leather cover further comprises a first notch for preventing aninterference with the clasping portion, and the steel sheet furthercomprises a second notch for avoiding the interference with the claspingportion.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a transparent Mylarsheet is covered with the surface of the steel sheet, and a plurality ofthird notches disposed on the transparent Mylar sheet adapts to theclasping portion to be passed therethrough.

Another embodiment of the present invention sets forth a leafing leathercover of cellular phone comprising: a leather cover, for buckling to atouch panel of a smart phone; wherein the leather cover is connected toa rear shell body of the smart phone by way of a micro-bucklingconnection portion, a clasping portion is disposed on the micro-bucklingconnection portion, the clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole inthe rear shell body, and the clasping portion is embedded to a claspingring in the clasping hole.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a magnetic stripdisposed in the leather cover is attracted to a magnet in a front shellbody of the smart phone, and the magnetic strip is disposed in the otherside opposite to a connection side of the leather cover.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, the magnetic stripis embedded to an internal portion of the leather cover.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a recess slot isdisposed in an assembly surface of the micro-buckling connection portionand the recess slot is used to fasten a connection side of the leathercover, a side of the recess slot communicates with a lateral surface ofthe micro-buckling connection portion, and a bottom region of theclasping portion is integrally connected to a bottom surface of therecess slot.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a plurality ofstationary posts are further disposed on the bottom surface of therecess slot for fastening the leather cover, a first stationary hole aredisposed on the connection side of the leather cover to be passed by thestationary posts, a steel sheet is used to tightly press the connectionside of the leather cover in the recess slot of the micro-bucklingconnection portion, and a second stationary hole is disposed in thesteel sheet to be passed by the stationary posts.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, the connection sideof the leather cover further comprises a first notch for preventing aninterference with the clasping portion, and the steel sheet furthercomprises a second notch for avoiding the interference with the claspingportion.

In the leafing leather cover of the cellular phone, a transparent Mylarsheet is covered with the surface of the steel sheet, and a plurality ofthird notches disposed on the transparent Mylar sheet adapts to theclasping portion to be passed therethrough.

Still another embodiment of the present invention sets forth a smartphone comprising a cellular phone body and a leafing leather cover whichis disposed on a surface of the cellular phone body, and the leafingleather cover of cellular phone comprising a leather cover for bucklingto a touch panel of the smart phone;

wherein the leather cover is connected to a rear shell body of the smartphone by way of a micro-buckling connection portion, a clasping portionis disposed on the micro-buckling connection portion, a clasping holedisposed in the rear shell body of the cellular phone body adapts to theclasping portion to be passed therethrough, a clasping ring is disposedon an internal side of the rear shell body near the clasping hole, andthe clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole in the rear shell body,and the clasping portion is embedded to a clasping ring in the claspinghole.

In the smart phone, a magnetic strip disposed in the leather cover isattracted to a magnet in a front shell body of the smart phone, and themagnetic strip is disposed in the other side opposite to a connectionside of the leather cover.

In the smart phone, the magnetic strip is embedded to an internalportion of the leather cover.

In the smart phone, a recess slot is disposed in an assembly surface ofthe micro-buckling connection portion and the recess slot is used tofasten a connection side of the leather cover, a side of the recess slotcommunicates with a lateral surface of the micro-buckling connectionportion, and a bottom region of the clasping portion is integrallyconnected to a bottom surface of the recess slot.

In the smart phone, a plurality of stationary posts are further disposedon the bottom surface of the recess slot for fastening the leathercover, a first stationary hole are disposed on the connection side ofthe leather cover to be passed by the stationary posts, a steel sheet isused to tightly press the connection side of the leather cover in therecess slot of the micro-buckling connection portion, and a secondstationary hole is disposed in the steel sheet to be passed by thestationary posts.

In the smart phone, the connection side of the leather cover furthercomprises a first notch for preventing an interference with the claspingportion, and the steel sheet further comprises a second notch foravoiding the interference with the clasping portion.

In the smart phone, a transparent Mylar sheet is covered with thesurface of the steel sheet, and a plurality of third notches disposed onthe transparent Mylar sheet adapts to the clasping portion to be passedtherethrough.

The present invention provides a leafing leather cover of cellular phoneand a smart phone using the same. By using the clasping portion andclasping rings, the clasping ring clips the clasping portion to connectthe leafing leather cover to the smart phone case. In this manner, theleafing leather cover of cellular phone is easily disassembled and to beconveniently cleaned in the smart phone for increasing the life-span ofthe leafing leather cover and avoiding the damage of the bucklingelement on the battery cover.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a leafing leather cover of cellular phoneaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front side view of the smart phone according toone embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional enlarged view of the smart phonealong line A-A according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded view of amicro-buckling connection portion of the leafing leather cover ofcellular phone according to one embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a partially schematic exploded view of the leafing leathercover of cellular phone according to one embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of thisinvention will become more readily appreciated as the same becomesbetter understood by reference to the following detailed description butrather than limiting of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic view of a leafing leather cover ofcellular phone according to one embodiment of the present invention. Theleafing leather cover of cellular phone includes a leather cover 200 anda micro-buckling connection portion 300. A connection side 201 of theleather cover 200 forms a partial extending portion to serve as abending portion 210 of the leather cover 200. The micro-bucklingconnection portion 300 is disposed on the bending portion 210 formounting one side of the leather cover 200 on the shell body of thesmart phone.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a schematic front side view of the smartphone according to one embodiment of the present invention. The leathercover 200 is fastened to touch panel of the smart phone 100 forprotecting the screen of the touch panel from damage. A hollow opening202 is disposed in the upper portion of the leather cover 200 andreceives the calls when the leather cover 200 is covered with the smartphone 100 to prevent the finger, cheek or ear from contacting the touchpanel, which affects the communication.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional enlarged view of the smart phonealong line A-A according to one embodiment of the present invention. Thebending portion 210 of the leather cover 200 is connected to theclasping hole 301 of the rear shell body 130 by way of themicro-buckling connection portion 300. By using the micro-bucklingconnection portion 300, one side of the leather cover 200 is connectedto the shell body of the smart phone case so that the leafing leathercover of cellular phone is easily disassembled and conveniently cleaned.The clasping portion is adapted for the clasping hole 301 properly, suchas the matching status of the same shape, size and position between theclasping portion and clasping hole 301.

Specifically, the clasping portion 350 is disposed on the assemblysurface of the micro-buckling connection portion 300. The clasping hole301 disposed in the rear shell body 130 correspondingly adapts to theclasping portion 350 to be passed therethrough. A plurality of claspingrings 400 are disposed on the internal side of the rear shell body 130in form of two opposite concave shapes, as shown by the dashed line inFIG. 2. The clasping rings 400 are used to clasp the opposite recessesof the clasping portion 350 for holding the micro-buckling connectionportion 300 when the clasping portion 350 is inserted to the rear shellbody 130 correspondingly. In other words, the clasping portion 350 isembedded to the clasping ring 400 in the clasping hole 301 so that theleather cover 200 is connected to the rear shell body 130 of the smartphone 100 by way of the micro-buckling connection portion 300. Thus,after the leather cover 200 is removed from the smart phone 100, onlytwo square clasping holes 301 remain in the rear shell body 130.Therefore, the leafing leather cover is easily disassembled and the caseof smart phone 100 is conveniently cleaned to maintain the leafingleather cover sanitary.

Preferably, the clasping rings 400 is fastened to the clasping hole 301of the rear shell body 130 by way of the strip ribs or posts (not shown)in the internal side of the rear shell body 130. Further, a claspingring lid 500 is disposed around the clasping ring 400 on the rear shellbody 130 to prevent the clasping ring 400 from coming off the rear shellbody 130.

In one preferred embodiment of the leafing leather cover of cellularphone according to present invention, an inner magnet 600 is fastened tothe front shell body 120 of the smart phone 100 and the magneticinduction region of the inner magnet 600 reaches the external side ofthe touch panel 110. Correspondingly, an outer magnet 700 fastened tothe leather cover 200 is used to mutually attract the inner magnet 600.When the leather cover 200 is buckled to the smart phone, the outermagnet 700 enters the magnetic induction region of the inner magnet 600.Thus, a mutual magnetic attraction force between the outer magnet 700and the inner magnet 600 is generated so that the leafing side of theleather cover 200 is attached to the touch panel 110 to be locked forpreventing the leather cover 200 from arbitrarily leafing.

The outer magnet 700 forms a strip shape to be embedded to the internalportion of the leather cover 200 in order to conveniently clean theleather cover 200. The outer magnet 700 is disposed in a free sideopposite to the connection side 201 of the leather cover 200, i.e. theother side opposite to the connection side 201. Preferably, the outermagnet 700 is disposed in the lower and middle position of the leathercover 200 for conveniently leafing the leather cover 200 by way offingers.

FIG. 4 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded view of amicro-buckling connection portion of the leafing leather cover ofcellular phone according to one embodiment of the present invention. Arecess slot 310 is disposed in the assembly surface of themicro-buckling connection portion 300 and the recess slot 310 is used tofasten the bending portion 210 of the leather cover 200 to reduce thethickness of the micro-buckling connection portion 300. One side of therecess slot 310 communicates with the lateral surface of themicro-buckling connection portion 300 for conveniently containing thebending portion 210 of the leather cover 200. The bottom of claspingportion 350 is integrally connected to the bottom surface of the recessslot 310.

Further, a plurality of stationary posts 340 are further disposed on thebottom surface of the recess slot 310 for fastening the leather cover200. The lateral side of the recess slot 310 further includes a bucklingrib 320. FIG. 5 is a partially schematic exploded view of the leafingleather cover of cellular phone according to one embodiment of thepresent invention. A first stationary hole (not shown), which thestationary posts 340 pass through, are disposed on the bending portion210 of the leather cover 200. A steel sheet 800 is used to tightly pressthe bending portion 210 of the leather cover 200 in the recess slot 310of the micro-buckling connection portion 300. The second stationaryholes 840 are disposed in the steel sheet 800 to be passed by thestationary posts 340. The buckling rib 320 is adapted to the steel sheet800 to tightly press the leather cover 200. The steel sheet 800 iscapable of pressing the bending portion 210 of the leather cover 200 andthe micro-buckling connection portion 300 together and the steel sheet800 is attached to the stationary posts 340 by way of laser weldingmanner.

Moreover, in one embodiment, the bending portion 210 of the leathercover 200 further includes the first notch (not shown) for preventingthe interference with the clasping portion 350. The steel sheet 800further includes the second notches 830 for avoiding the interferencewith the clasping portion 350 to reduce the thickness of themicro-buckling connection portion 300 except the clasping portion 350.

Additionally, in one embodiment, a transparent Mylar sheet 900 iscovered with the surface of the steel sheet 800 so that the externalappearance of the components of leafing leather cover are hidden to beaesthetic, openhanded and cleaned conveniently. A plurality of thirdnotches 930 disposed on the transparent Mylar sheet 900 adapts to theclasping portion to be passed therethrough.

Based on the aforementioned leafing leather cover of cellular phone, thepresent invention provides a smart phone including a cellular phone bodyand a leafing leather cover which is disposed on the outer surface ofthe cellular phone body. The clasping hole disposed in the rear shellbody of the cellular phone body adapts to the clasping portion to bepassed therethrough. The clasping rings 400 are disposed on the internalside of the rear shell body 130 near the clasping hole to clip theclasping portion. The leafing leather cover is applicable to the leafingleather cover of cellular phone in the above-mentioned embodiments.Further, the magnet is disposed in the front shell body of the smartphone. The connection structure between the cellular phone body and theleafing leather cover are simplified. If there is no need to cover thecellular phone by the leafing leather cover, it is required to slightlypull and drag the micro-buckling connection portion along the directionperpendicular to the rear shell body of the smart phone for separatingthe leafing leather cover from the cellular phone body. Therefore, theleafing leather cover of cellular phone is easily disassembled andconveniently cleaned to satisfy the user habits.

As is understood by a person skilled in the art, the foregoing preferredembodiments of the present invention are illustrative rather thanlimiting of the present invention. It is intended that they covervarious modifications and similar arrangements be included within thespirit and scope of the appended claims, the scope of which should beaccorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all suchmodifications and similar structure.

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 20. A leafing leather cover of a cellular phone, theleafing leather cover comprising: a leather cover, for buckling to atouch panel of a smart phone; wherein the leather cover is connected toa rear shell body of the smart phone by way of a micro-bucklingconnection portion, a clasping portion is disposed on the micro-bucklingconnection portion, the clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole inthe rear shell body, and the clasping portion is embedded to a claspingring in the clasping hole; wherein a magnetic strip disposed in theleather cover is attracted to a magnet in a front shell body of thesmart phone, and the magnetic strip is disposed in the other sideopposite to a connection side of the leather cover; and wherein a recessslot is disposed in an assembly surface of the micro-buckling connectionportion and the recess slot is used to fasten a connection side of theleather cover, a side of the recess slot communicates with a lateralsurface of the micro-buckling connection portion, and a bottom region ofthe clasping portion is integrally connected to a bottom surface of therecess slot.
 21. The leafing leather cover of the cellular phone ofclaim 20, wherein the magnetic strip is embedded to an internal portionof the leather cover.
 22. The leafing leather cover of the cellularphone of claim 20, wherein a plurality of stationary posts are furtherdisposed on the bottom surface of the recess slot for fastening theleather cover, a first stationary hole are disposed on the connectionside of the leather cover to be passed by the stationary posts, a steelsheet is used to tightly press the connection side of the leather coverin the recess slot of the micro-buckling connection portion, and asecond stationary hole is disposed in the steel sheet to be passed bythe stationary posts.
 23. The leafing leather cover of the cellularphone of claim 22, wherein the connection side of the leather coverfurther comprises a first notch for preventing an interference with theclasping portion, and the steel sheet further comprises a second notchfor avoiding the interference with the clasping portion.
 24. The leafingleather cover of the cellular phone of claim 23, wherein a transparentMylar sheet is covered with the surface of the steel sheet, and aplurality of third notches disposed on the transparent Mylar sheetadapts to the clasping portion to be passed therethrough.
 25. Theleafing leather cover of the cellular phone of claim 22, wherein alateral side of the recess slot further comprises a buckling rib whichis adapted to the steel sheet to tightly press the leather cover.
 26. Aleafing leather cover of a cellular phone, the leafing leather covercomprising: a leather cover, for buckling to a touch panel of a smartphone; wherein the leather cover is connected to a rear shell body ofthe smart phone by way of a micro-buckling connection portion, aclasping portion is disposed on the micro-buckling connection portion,the clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole in the rear shell body,and the clasping portion is embedded to a clasping ring in the claspinghole,
 27. The leafing leather cover of the cellular phone of claim 26,wherein a magnetic strip disposed in the leather cover is attracted to amagnet in a front shell body of the smart phone, and the magnetic stripis disposed in the other side opposite to a connection side of theleather cover.
 28. The leafing leather cover of the cellular phone ofclaim 27, wherein the magnetic strip is embedded to an internal portionof the leather cover.
 29. The leafing leather cover of the cellularphone of claim 26, wherein a recess slot is disposed in an assemblysurface of the micro-buckling connection portion and the recess slot isused to fasten a connection side of the leather cover, a side of therecess slot communicates with a lateral surface of the micro-bucklingconnection portion, and a bottom region of the clasping portion isintegrally connected to a bottom surface of the recess slot.
 30. Theleafing leather cover of the cellular phone of claim 29, wherein aplurality of stationary posts are further disposed on the bottom surfaceof the recess slot for fastening the leather cover, a first stationaryhole are disposed on the connection side of the leather cover to bepassed by the stationary posts, a steel sheet is used to tightly pressthe connection side of the leather cover in the recess slot of themicro-buckling connection portion, and a second stationary hole isdisposed in the steel sheet to be passed by the stationary posts. 31.The leafing leather cover of the cellular phone of claim 30, wherein theconnection side of the leather cover further comprises a first notch forpreventing an interference with the clasping portion, and the steelsheet further comprises a second notch for avoiding the interferencewith the clasping portion.
 32. The leafing leather cover of the cellularphone of claim 31, wherein a transparent Mylar sheet is covered with thesurface of the steel sheet, and a plurality of third notches disposed onthe transparent Mylar sheet adapts to the clasping portion to be passedtherethrough.
 33. A smart phone comprising a cellular phone body and aleafing leather cover which is disposed on a surface of the cellularphone body, and the leafing leather cover of cellular phone comprising aleather cover for buckling to a touch panel of the smart phone; whereinthe leather cover is connected to a rear shell body of the smart phoneby way of a micro-buckling connection portion, a clasping portion isdisposed on the micro-buckling connection portion, a clasping holedisposed in the rear shell body of the cellular phone body adapts to theclasping portion to be passed therethrough, a clasping ring is disposedon an internal side of the rear shell body near the clasping hole, andthe clasping portion adapts to the clasping hole in the rear shell body,and the clasping portion is embedded to a clasping ring in the claspinghole.
 34. The smart phone of claim 33, wherein a magnetic strip disposedin the leather cover is attracted to a magnet in a front shell body ofthe smart phone, and the magnetic strip is disposed in the other sideopposite to a connection side of the leather cover.
 35. The smart phoneof claim 34, wherein the magnetic strip is embedded to an internalportion of the leather cover.
 36. The smart phone of claim 33, wherein arecess slot is disposed in an assembly surface of the micro-bucklingconnection portion and the recess slot is used to fasten a connectionside of the leather cover, a side of the recess slot communicates with alateral surface of the micro-buckling connection portion, and a bottomregion of the clasping portion is integrally connected to a bottomsurface of the recess slot.
 37. The smart phone of claim 36, wherein aplurality of stationary posts are further disposed on the bottom surfaceof the recess slot for fastening the leather cover, a first stationaryhole are disposed on the connection side of the leather cover to bepassed by the stationary posts, a steel sheet is used to tightly pressthe connection side of the leather cover in the recess slot of themicro-buckling connection portion, and a second stationary hole isdisposed in the steel sheet to be passed by the stationary posts. 38.The smart phone of claim 37, wherein the connection side of the leathercover further comprises a first notch for preventing an interferencewith the clasping portion, and the steel sheet further comprises asecond notch for avoiding the interference with the clasping portion.39. The smart phone of claim 38, wherein a transparent Mylar sheet iscovered with the surface of the steel sheet, and a plurality of thirdnotches disposed on the transparent Mylar sheet adapts to the claspingportion to be passed therethrough.